Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, looks at NHS England’s new Sepsis modern service framework. NHS England has published a new Sepsis modern service framework setting out its strategy for addressing a life-thr
FPT, a global technology and IT services provider headquartered in Vietnam, has announced the launch of MediSight, an AI-powered framework that it says is designed to help healthcare organisations, medical device manufacturers, and pharmaceutical organisations accelerate digital transformation, stre
Researchers at Loughborough University are uncovering new evidence that exercise may help counteract the cancer-promoting effects of fat cells. The research uses advanced 3D cell culture models and bioluminescence-based assay technology from Promega to generate physiologically relevant data that tra
A ‘state-of-the-art’ 3D printing lab producing ultra-realistic medical models for training, surgical simulation and patient-specific anatomical modelling has been unveiled at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Funded through a wider National Institute for Health and Care Research (N
‘Ride for Rare’ will combine fundraising with real-world validation of VENTO as the UK charity accelerates development towards clinical deployment As many medical technologies are validated in laboratories, Keep Me Breathing is taking a different approach. This July, the UK MedTech charity will emba
Medicaroid Corporation has announced that the CE marking under the Medical Device Regulation (MDR(2017/745)) has been obtained for the hinotori Surgical Robot System. The hinotori was originally approved for manufacturing and marketing in Japan in 2020 and subsequently launched domestically. After t
Women’s health companies raised a record $1.55 billion in disclosed equity in 2025, up 39% year on year, according to The Road to the Era of Scale, the first Global Women’s Health Investment Report from W Group. The report, built on proprietary tracking of more than 500 funding stories and 164 equit
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, reviews the new NHS England Quality Strategy. NHS England has published a new quality strategy outlining how the NHS in England should deliver consistently higher standards o
Variscite, a leading global System-on-Module (SoM) designer, developer, and manufacturer, and NRG, a MedTech engineering partner for regulated software systems, have announced a partnership to provide a system level solution for embedded medical products. Medical device development leaves no room fo
Quibim has announced the European and UK launch of QP-Breast, its CE and UKCA-marked AI tool – the first in Europe and the United Kingdom to detect breast cancer using magnetic resonance imaging – which automatically identifies suspected lesions on breast MRI. QP-Breast assists radiologists during t
Xeltis, a leading developer of transformative implants that enable the natural creation of living and long-lasting vessels, has announced the official start of the European commercialisation of aXess, marked by the successful treatment of the first commercial patient by Dr Dominik Liebetrau at Artem
INEOS and Norwegian recycling company Recuro have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a state-of-the-art advanced recycling facility at INEOS’ Bamble polymer site in Norway. Once commissioned, the plant will process up to 33,000 metric tonnes of end-of-life plastic waste annually, suppor
